Casting Update for Insidious Chapter 2

We have news of a new addition to the cast of Insidious Chapter 2, and it reveals that the story will be taking a trip to the past. Jocelin Donahue (The House of the Devil, pictured below) has joined the project and will be playing a young version of Lorraine Lambert, according to Variety.

In the first movie, Lorraine Lambert is played by Barbara Hershey and is the mother of Patrick Wilson's character. How much time will be spent in the past is unknown, but it's interesting to know that the movie will explore some of the events mentioned in Insidious.

Insidious Chapter 2 is currently filming in Los Angeles, with James Wan directing once again. Many of the original cast members have returned, including Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey, and Ty Simpkins. The movie has an official release date of August 30th.

“FilmDistrict, Alliance Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions announced today that they will bring INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2, the sequel to last year’s hit film INSIDIOUS which captivated horror movie fans worldwide, to U.S. theatres on August 30, 2013 via FilmDistrict. Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Lin Shaye, and Ty Simpkins will reprise their roles in the film which James Wan, who directed INSIDIOUS, will direct from a script written by Leigh Whannell who also wrote the first film. Jason Blum, who produced INSIDIOUS, is producing the low-budget sequel through his Blumhouse Productions. Brian Kavanaugh Jones, Oren Peli , Steven Schneider, and Charles Layton are executive producing. Production on the sequel is set to begin on January 15, 2013 in Los Angeles.

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions acquired the U.S. rights to the film in conjunction with FilmDistrict. INSIDIOUS CHAPTER 2 is being financed by Alliance Films. FilmDistrict will distribute the film theatrically in the United States, with Sony handling the majority of ancillary rights in the U.S. Alliance Films will distribute in Canada, the UK (via its Momentum Pictures subsidiary) and Spain (via Aurum), and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions will distribute in all other international territories.”